Reid accuses Angle of lying about “War is lost” statement

posted at 3:35 pm on October 15, 2010 by Ed Morrissey

He’s not shy about it, either, as Aurelius discovers on Reid’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, as well as Reid’s “fact check” website. Too bad Harry Reid hasn’t got a clue about YouTube. While he claims that Angle referenced a remark made on March 3, 2007 about having to reach a political solution to the war in Iraq and not just a military solution, he seems to have missed the video that clearly shows Reid claiming that the war is, well …

This comment came on April 19, 2007, more than a month after the comment Reid claims Angle is misrepresenting. In it, one can get the impression that Reid wants people to think that the war in Iraq had already been lost, because he says, emphasis mine:

Now I believe, myself, that the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows: that this war is lost, that the surge is not accomplishing anything.

Either Harry Reid has gone senile, or he’s trying to fool voters by lying as much as possible rather than giving accountability for his defeatism. It’s difficult to imagine that Reid’s entire campaign has suddenly contracted dementia, which leaves Option 2 as the most likely explanation. It’s a great display of the reason why Nevadans need to end the Reid dynasty in eighteen days.

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Harry Reid claims he is a temple worthy member of the LDS faith. For those who know, THAT worthiness is a huge deal. My personal feelings are that Harry should turn in his temple recommend and his bishop should cut it up into little tiny pieces right in front of his face.

He is a liar and a socialist. His votes as a senator are as against his faith as Pelosi’s abortion votes are against hers. And I’m sure both of these despicable minions of Satan justify their votes the same way…..they are just representing their constituency. My answer to them is a big fat Bronx’s cheer! You two are interested in personal power. PERIOD!

How does someone so obviously despicable become Leader of the Senate? Are Nevadans proud to have this scum represent them. Think about how utterly contemptible the person has to be who would support this trash.

Dingy Harry also stated last night that after he made the statement about the war being lost….that he got with Petraeus and helped put together a better plan.

Watching Reid sit there and try and take credit for the Surge makes me want to throw up.
Reid stated from day one that the surge would not work and his claims about working with Petraeus to finally make this happen is complete bullsh!t:
Bush announced the surge in January of 07…
……Reid stated the “war was lost” in April of 07.

Reid states here that when he made this comment about the war being lost…that somehow translated to working with Petraeus and making the surge a success….WTF???….some serious Pretzel logic when you listen to these words here in April of 2007:

Now how this lying maggot makes the jump from putting on this pony show with some military backing about how much a failure the surge is to “I helped Petraeus with the surge” is beyond all logic.

Combine this with the other leadership in the democratic party fighting Petraeus here while he does everything he can to fight the Jihadist over seas……and you can see just how disgusting Reid’s lies are:

….Reid put himself at the forefront of the opposition to the surge.He took the lead in opposing Bush at every turn when it came to fighting the war in Iraq.
Reid,Obama,Biden,and Hillary did everything they could to undermine the mission in Iraq and demonize a President during war time:

Harry Reid (D) al Qaida, was all too eager to proclaim a victory for our enemies. He hated GWB so much, he was willing to sell his country out and hand a victory to our enemies for political expediency.

January 20th of 2009, he, Nancy, Obama and the media went silent on any negativity coming out of Iraq, whereas for years prior, they were in the media denouncing it and handing out victories for our enemies on a daily basis.

Totally OT: Why is there no indignation, even in us right wing, gun clinger, etc… sites on the issue of NY an IL military being deprived of voting? No threads? Or did I miss it? (US Army (Ret))

Dingbat63 on October 15, 2010 at 8:13 PM

I don’t know about other states, but it appears that my state of Washington both needed a waiver yet still provides 51 days for a ballot to arrive (30 days prior, 21 days after the election). Since we have 50,000 military voters, Since my state has a history of corrupt polling practices I was pretty hot until I looked into it some more. Washington is also trying to be able to send ballots via email (probably as pdf’s) so overseas military will get the ballots as quickly as possible.

You are right. But, that was yesterday. NO real outrage anywhere that I can see. A GOP majority in Nov does Zip Zero Nada about THIS Damn$ed election cycle!!!! Sorry, I take this personally…I have been in EBF hell hole and was able to vote while serving.

A GOP majority in Nov does Zip Zero Nada about THIS Damn$ed election cycle!!!! Sorry, I take this personally…I have been in EBF hell hole and was able to vote while serving.

Dingbat63 on October 15, 2010 at 8:41 PM

….You are right about a GOP house not taking care of the damage done now,I am just so looking forward to Holder’s DOJ being held accountable for their corruption.
This issue is beyond reproach and we should all take it personally.
Not only does voter fraud damage the backbone of our democracy and further corrode the credibility of government……but to deny the very people who provide these Freedoms the right to practice them is corrupt and despicable.
I appreciate your service and share in your anger about this issue just as many do.

We can e-mail blogs and call representatives on the Hill to make sure they understand how serious the people take this issue.

I think military organizations like the VFW,Blue/Gold Star Moms and many others should also make their voices heard.

…but to deny the very people who provide these Freedoms the right to practice them is corrupt and despicable.
I appreciate your service and share in your anger about this issue just as many do.
Baxter Greene on October 15, 2010 at 10:17 PM

The crime is beyond obscene, and they’ve been getting away with the urban vote-fraud machines much longer. Hopefully, this will intensify blow-back at the polls.

I think military organizations like the VFW,Blue/Gold Star Moms and many others should also make their voices heard. Baxter Greene on October 15, 2010 at 10:17 PM

VFW???? YGBSM!!! Oh, that’s right, it was the “VFW-PAC”, not the VFW…even though the VFW-PAC letter that says: FY, we’re endorsing Dingy, Sen I’ve worked hard for the title of Senator Mamn, Pelosi, Grayson, the guy running against LTC Allen West, et al has the freaking logo of the VFW on it???? So, the freaking VFW will intervene? I repeat…YGBSM!!! Plus, did they, and they others not do so 2 days ago????

Speaking of war, DEBKAfile is reporting that a missile base in Iran had some explosions. Generally I don’t buy too heavily into DEBKAfile as they tend to assume every military maneuver is a prelude to war but with Stuxnet and now this, things seem to be gathering momentum. Even Iran admit a fire but claim it was accidental and not the result of some strike.

The ad showing Reid’s contradictory quotes would be so powerful it should be shown nation-wide. It would motivate some people to vote the Dems out while demotivating Dem voters. I’d expect that ad to be worth a percent or two in every Senate race in America.

Either Harry Reid has gone senile, or he’s trying to fool voters by lying as much as possible rather than giving accountability for his defeatism. It’s difficult to imagine that Reid’s entire campaign has suddenly contracted dementia, which leaves Option 2 as the most likely explanation.

dude. homeboy’s cornered and he’s lashing it and seeing what sticks. Angle has to keep on offense and she’s moving to DC in a few mos.

This election cycle, this moment in Nevada proves the majority mindset. Is Nevada the meanest, dirtiest, lying oppressive State in the Union? Or is Nevada sick of their dirtiest most oppressive Senator and is more than willing to shed Reid’s scales from their skin?

I saw this and was astounded when Dingy Harry said General Petraeus is a good friend of his and they discussed this when Reid was in Afganistan. Like he was helping the General out by giving him tips on how to fight a war. Harry also refused to vote on condemning that Move-On.org ad about “General Be-tray-us”. And that’s Harry’s good friend.

Harry Reid claims he is a temple worthy member of the LDS faith. For those who know, THAT worthiness is a huge deal. My personal feelings are that Harry should turn in his temple recommend and his bishop should cut it up into little tiny pieces right in front of his face.

He is a liar and a socialist. His votes as a senator are as against his faith as Pelosi’s abortion votes are against hers. And I’m sure both of these despicable minions of Satan justify their votes the same way…..they are just representing their constituency. My answer to them is a big fat Bronx’s cheer! You two are interested in personal power. PERIOD!

csdeven on October 15, 2010 at 5:16 PM

Also, aren’t Mormons supposed to be pro-life?
He seems to be every bit as Mormon as Obama is Christian.

The one I’ll never forgive Reid for, and it’s also the one that’s the least mentioned, is for speaking in front of a bunch of high school kids and calling President Bush a loser. It’s pretty classless to say that about the President of the United States, when you in party leadership, it’s even more classless to say that to high school kids who really deserve the rah, rah speech about how great the country is and do your civic duty, etc. etc.

I’ll probably never vote for a Democrat again anyway, but it’s things like that, that form my opinion of them. They just don’t know when to leave politics behind, it’s all politics to them.

What’s truly amazing is the significant percentage that will vote for Harry Reid, regardless of his lying. It’s breathtaking to know that some socialists are so committed to voting for Democrats, NOTHING will dissuade them.